Giô-na 2

The great fish and Jonah’s prayer

¹But the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.^{ab 2}Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish.^{c 3}He said: \q “When I was in trouble I cried out to the LORD, and he gave me an answer; \q from deep in Sheol I called for help, and you heard my voice. ⁴You threw me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, \q and the current swirled around me; \q all your breaking waves and rollers have gone over my head. ⁵I said, ‘I have been driven away from your sight; \q still, I will look again toward your holy temple.’^{d 6}The waters closed over me up to my throat; \q the deep was all around me; \q seaweed was wrapped around my head. ⁷I went down to the roots of the mountains; \q the earth’s bars closed behind me forever. \q But you brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God. ⁸As my life was ebbing away, \q I remembered the LORD, \q and my prayer came to you, \q into your holy temple. ⁹Those who devote themselves to useless idols \q abandon their loyal love.^{e 10}But I will sacrifice to you with a song of thanksgiving; \q what I have vowed I will make good. \q It is the LORD who saves.”

¹¹Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out onto dry land.